1*60d17d85Sglass.\" $NetBSD: motd.5,v 1.2 1994/12/28 18:58:53 glass Exp $ 2ac082c88Sglass.\" 3ac082c88Sglass.\" This file is in the public domain. 4ac082c88Sglass.\" 5ac082c88Sglass.Dd December 28, 1994 6ac082c88Sglass.Dt MOTD 5 7ac082c88Sglass.Os 8ac082c88Sglass.Sh NAME 9ac082c88Sglass.Nm motd 10ac082c88Sglass.Nd file containing message(s) of the day 11ac082c88Sglass.Sh DESCRIPTION 12ac082c88SglassThe file 13ac082c88Sglass.Pa /etc/motd 14ac082c88Sglassis normally displayed by 15*60d17d85Sglass.Xr login 1 16ac082c88Sglassafter a user has logged in but before the shell is run. 17ac082c88SglassIt is generally used for important system-wide announcements. 18ac082c88SglassDuring system startup, a line containing the kernel version string is 19ac082c88Sglassprepended to this file. 20ac082c88Sglass.Pp 21ac082c88SglassIndividual users may suppress the display of this file by 22ac082c88Sglasscreating a file named 23ac082c88Sglass.Dq Pa .hushlogin 24ac082c88Sglassin their home directories. 25ac082c88Sglass.Sh FILES 26ac082c88Sglass.Bl -tag -width /etc/motd -compact 27ac082c88Sglass.It Pa /etc/motd 28ac082c88Sglass.El 29ac082c88Sglass.Sh EXAMPLES 30ac082c88Sglass.Bd -literal 31ac082c88SglassNetBSD 1.0 (SUN_LAMP) #9: Sun Nov 20 22:47:57 PST 1994 32ac082c88Sglass 33ac082c88SglassMake sure you have a .forward file... 34ac082c88Sglass 35ac082c88Sglass4/17 Machine will be down for backups all day Saturday. 36ac082c88Sglass.Ed 37ac082c88Sglass.Sh SEE ALSO 38ac082c88Sglass.Xr login 1 39